Whenever a sailor moves their body weight (movable ballast) about a boat "kinetics" are always involved. What we appear to be discussing here is not the principal of "kinetics" but the variations and degrees of kinetics and how it can be applied in different situations on different boats. It would seem that when the use of "kinetics" can be seen to offer an obvious advantage in certain curcumstances, on particular classes of boat, it is then frowned upon and either limited by rule or banned. When it is considered a necessary part of "trimming" the boat it is OK! Can any one else see the hypocracy involved here??
Darryl